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Getting married while my sailor is in A school
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Permalink Reply by Loraine on
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Thank you so much! I appreciate it! Anyway, how is IL right now? I assume you may know since you live near by. My sailor has always been telling me it isn't safe out there.. A lot of abduction and other crimes has been rampant.. It scares me especially it'll be my first time going there on my own...
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Permalink Reply by garden gal on
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So this is anecdotal & only based on one A school class (my son's), but all of the overseas assignments were given to single sailors. This is a good thing. Sailors below E3 (maybe E4?) are given unaccompanied orders for overseas. And if they get married after the orders are issued it doesn't matter - they will be unaccompanied the whole time. Of course everything is needs of the Navy, but it did appear that marital status was considered. So my advise would be to get married as soon as you can if you plan on getting married.
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Thank you! My sailor is an E3.. I hope we will be able to have all of the neccessary marriage requirements, especially his because I know it's gonna affect his class hours accomplishing those.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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It is not that you will be added to the orders, the orders will be issued as "accompanied" with a dependent move authorized. Since junior sailors cannot take their dependents overseas, those orders go to the single sailors more often.
Four weeks is a good minimum lead the. More is better.
Yes, he needs to suit aspecial request chit to marry, easy. Yes, there is a class
Yes, he can put in for you to be his liberty buddy.
Google Lake County marriage license to see what the county needs. I'd provide the link but I'm back on my phone only for a few days.
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Thank you so much AntiM!! Big help! He just got the paperworks handed to him updating his file regarding having a fiancée. He said it is a lot! Geez! I hope he can still focus on studying while accomplishing the requirements.
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Oh, he can, it is what the Navy teaches sailors to do, multi-task with attention to detail. Just wait until he gets to a ship and not only has to do his job, but study for advancement and his quals.
Most new sailors haven't figured out that the Navy is learning and studying the entire time they're in....
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